Eastern Birds (Peterson Field Guides) - Softcover

Peterson, Roger Tory

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395361648 ISBN 13: 9780395361641

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1980

Synopsis

By popular demand, the revolutionary binding used on the 50th anniversary edition--the Flexibook--is back! This Flexi Peterson edition is the ultimate bird guide, inside and out, featuring birds east of the Rockies. Full color.

About this title

About the Author:

Roger Tory Peterson, one of the world's greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation, as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars, and the Peterson Field Guides® are credited with helping to set the stage for the environmental movement.

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Veteran birders will know how to use this book. Beginners, however, should spend some time becoming familiar in a general way with the illustrations. They are not arranged in systematic or phylogenetic order as in most ornithological works but are grouped in 8 main visual categories:

(1) Swimmers Ducks and ducklike birds (2) Aerialists Gulls and gull-like birds (3) Long-legged Waders Herons, cranes, etc.
(4) Smaller Waders Plovers, sandpipers, etc.
(5) Fowl-like Birds Grouse, quail, etc.
(6) Birds of Prey Hawks, eagles, owls (7) Nonpasserine Land Birds (8) Passerine (Perching) Birds

Within these groupings it will be seen that ducks do not resemble loons; gulls are readily distinguishable from terns. The needlelike bills of warblers immediately differentiate them from the seed-cracking bills of sparrows. Birds that could be confused are grouped together when possible and are arranged in identical profile for direct comparison. The arrows point to outstanding field marks” which are explained opposite.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0395361648
• ISBN 13: 9780395361641
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 384
• Illustrator: Profusely Illustrated